In a game in which getting a single point is a brain-numbing task of Sisyphean repetition, every little bit helps. So it is with Swing Copters, the second game from the infamous developer of Flappy Bird. The version 1.1 update to the Android release includes "tuning gameplay," reportedly making the back-and-forth motion much easier to predict, and thus lowering the challenge. Well, that's what a lot of players are saying, anyway. It's still really $%^&ing hard, OK?

Other changes include "bug fixes," none of which will keep you from smashing your Nexus in three pieces after your umpteenth failure to pass Swingy Hammer Level Two. Why do I keep playing this game? It's not as if it's even good or interesting. The main character looks like a scrotum in a propeller beanie. I can stop this at any time, and I have nothing to prove to the game, and I've got nothing to prove to you, OK, so just stop looking at me like AAAAAAH COME ON THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THAT HE TOUCHED THE SIDE THERE AAAAAAaaaaa

Ahem. Swing Copters is a free, ad-supported download on Android 3.0 or higher.

He made over $50k a day in ad revenue on flappy bird. he's far from stupid.

rmkilc

But yet he pulled the game. Sounds stupid to me.

tintin.92

Was that ever confirmed? I heard rumors that was just a hoax...

CeluGeek

He makes games that are addictive and display ads every time you die. Guess what's that one thing you do the most in those games? I'd say the dude is a frickin business genius!

johnny

that's why i turn my wifi/data connection off whenever i see an app with ads ;)

Tomasz Kuczynski

I installed AdAway on every devices I own just because of this reason.

dude

No can do, gotta get my Google Rewards.

yew

why do you guys take pride in doing this. the guy has to make money and you are bothered by a banner on the death screen?

Tomasz Kuczynski

His app might not be intrusive enough, but trust me - many apps have ads that make the app impossible to use. As an example - WP.PL has a banner with ads on the bottom that makes the apps misbehave and download extra data. Solitaire is another one where the ads are huge and pointless.

I am all pro buying ad free or premium versions, but since some devs do not offer that option - I just keep the ads away. I have adblock in my web browser so why not have it on my phone?

Joseph Cascio

Chrome on mobile without adaway is just awful, almost unusable. Desktop version is a little okay but it's just more convienent to install adblock. It is really the advertisers fault and they have no one to blame but themselves for the increase in adblock installs.

bndf

He'll make money from guys like you, while some of us enjoy ad free entertainment.

Thanks, good sir. You are an inspiration.

johnny

because he made the game so hard to play and he gets tons of money..if you look at the app you see he didn't work to much at it. it's simple and annoying

My high score was 5 before the update and now is 13. Speaking of high scores, the bug when saving high scores is fixed in last night's update.

BetterWithRoot

dang. I really liked the higher difficulty. I don't like the few taps at the beginning. I took off auto updating.

It was the difficulty that had me coming back. It was the joy of learning, accomplishing and feeling the reward of such. You got 2 points? Time to fucking celebrate! It felt good. Maybe I am a glutton for punishment.

Đức Thành

Not many people are a masochist like you. ...Well, there actually are many, but I don't think many people are as big a masochist as you are.

rolo143

The challenge that the game provided has gone with the new update. Too easy for me. I know that feeling when you scored 1 point. My score was 9 before the new update. Now my Highscore is 48 and I didn't even try so hard.

Gagan Deep Singh

Still looks tough to me. Haven't scored a single point since I installed it. 😅

Mohnish Wadhwa

"Scrotum in a propeller beanie"
So damn accurate.

Alec Cunningham

Didn't see the update, got 50 and was freaking out, until I saw that he made it easier :(

Jonathan Harris

The difficulty of the game was part of the fun. smh

rolo143

I agree, mate. Hopefully, they add a harder difficulty or something.

cresent

nada......nope.....zilch.... still at 0 after the update

Ibrahim Yusuf

I got 14 points when it was hard, now it's so easy that without any effort on the first try I got 26

Michał Kumor

got 2 points after 20 rounds. i guess it is a bit easier, since i got only 1 point with the first version... although i'm afraid the easiness of this version is the fact that you fly for a longer period of time, since it takes longer to reach the hammers. after you reach the hammers, the game is almost as hard as it was before

dude

Still ain't gonna play it.

lulz_deliver

Good thing I TB'ed the original version. Imma spread around the REAL HARD GAME, not that bullshit for child.

Edit: Just got 84 on first try and deleted the new one to restore the hard version. My record is again 7, but REAL 7 :)

Niel

Hope the update can now play this on my phone. As the first release is crashing at the start.

Dead Mason

Why did they make this game even easier? It was already easy enough before. Now it's no fun.

Original one was born straight from hell but was so fun and enlightening to get higher scores. I nearly lost my shit when I got a "6" now I can get 10 easily. Game sucks now.

Sharath

Before the update, high score 1.
After the update, high score 2.

kungfutigerr

Installs: 1 000 000 to 5 000 000. This developer is a genius.

yash khatri

Seriously with with this fuss about the update, Without the update i have a high score of 8.just keep practicing and perfection will follow
P.S : any one want a proof reply i'll post a SS

Abudi

Mote importantly it fixed the bug where it wouldn't save my high score. I had made 3 points. I closed the game, and when I wanted to brag about it to me friends, it still displayed the high score as 1. I felt so betrayed. 😭